Category: Tariffs and Trade

Tariffs are often sold as a way to make foreign exporters pay, but new research on President Donald Trump’s trade policy shows the bill is landing almost entirely in American wallets. Instead of foreign companies slashing prices to keep access to the United States, the costs are being passed through to importers, businesses and households…

The fight over Greenland has shifted from diplomatic oddity to full-blown economic confrontation. President Donald Trump is threatening tariffs as leverage to force European countries to back his push to acquire the Arctic territory, while Europe is preparing to answer with a legal weapon it openly calls a trade “bazooka.” What began as a dispute…

The fight over Greenland has jolted transatlantic relations into their most dangerous phase in years, with President Donald Trump using tariffs to punish NATO partners and the European Union quietly readying a powerful countermeasure. European officials now talk openly about a secretive “trade bazooka” that could slam U.S. exports and services if Washington refuses to…

Canada’s auto heartland is being squeezed between President Donald Trump’s escalating tariffs and a once-in-a-generation shift toward electric vehicles. Ottawa is racing to keep assembly lines running, jobs anchored at home, and investment from fleeing to friendlier jurisdictions. The scramble is forcing a strategic reset that reaches far beyond cars, into trade alliances, industrial policy,…

The political movement that carried President Trump back into the White House is starting to show visible strain. Polls, ideological disputes and new rival brands on the right all point to a MAGA universe that is less unified than it once was, and those fissures could matter as the 2026 midterms approach. The question is…

The Biden-era language of “friendshoring” has given way to something blunter. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is now pairing upbeat talk about an American manufacturing boom with a stark warning to foreign memory chipmakers: invest in U.S. plants or face tariffs of up to 100% on key products. The message is aimed squarely at South…

President Donald Trump has turned a long‑running fascination with Greenland into a hard‑edged test of loyalty for U.S. partners, tying support for his takeover push to the threat of new tariffs. In recent remarks, he has framed control of the Arctic island as a matter of national security and warned that countries resisting that vision…

Canada has jolted North American trade politics by sharply cutting tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, even as President Donald Trump keeps the United States on a hard line against Beijing. The move opens the door for Chinese brands to gain a real foothold in Canada’s EV market and potentially creep closer to American drivers through…

Donald Trump’s tariff salvos at close allies are reshaping the global trade map, and nowhere is that clearer than in the sudden warmth between Ottawa and Beijing. Faced with new barriers on everything from cars to canola, Canada is moving to lock in a strategic partnership with China that would have been politically unthinkable a…

Prices on everything from sneakers to smartphones are climbing again, and a big reason is President Donald Trump’s renewed tariff offensive. What was billed as a way to punish foreign competitors is increasingly showing up as a surcharge on everyday American life, as businesses warn that they have little choice but to pass higher import…